Published January 11, 2008 | Version v1
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Development of CaMoO4 crystal scintillators for a double beta decay experiment with 100Mo

Creators

  • 1. Moscow Steel and Alloy Institute, 119049 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv (Ukraine)
  • 3. DMRC and School of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Physics Department, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 5. Sejong University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  • 6. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 7. Institute for Nuclear Problems, 220030 Minsk (Belarus)

Description

We have studied the energy resolution, α/β ratio, temperature dependence of the scintillation properties, and the radioactive contamination of CaMoO4 crystal scintillators. We have also examined the use of pulse-shape discrimination to distinguish γ rays and α particles. A high sensitivity experiment to search for the 0ν2β decay of 100Mo using CaMoO4 scintillators is discussed

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.10.038

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.10.038;
arXiv
arXiv:0707.1428v1;
PII
S0168-9002(07)02223-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
584
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 334-345
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39066161
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA PARTICLES; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA RADIATION; MOLYBDENUM 100; PHOSPHORS; PULSE SHAPERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SCINTILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; CHARGED PARTICLES; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; PULSE CIRCUITS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RESOLUTION; SIGNAL CONDITIONERS; STABLE ISOTOPES

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